what should president obama be doing. former ambassador john bolton and many nationalities are held hostage there, but there are americans. >> well, i think the hostages latest offer to get some of the terrorists we've still got in jail out, shows that america's really still the center of this, but there are much broader implications here than just what happens in this hostage negotiation. the algerians have already botched it in my view by the way they've handled it over the last three days. all we can do at this point is hope that the remaining hostages get out and that in fact they're still alive and not already dead. the real point here is that this terrorist attack shows the continuing threat across north africa of al-qaeda, and al-qaeda affiliates. so the most important thing to do is reorient our policy and wake up to the fact that the war on terror is not over. >> greta: well, and i guess we've got to get out of denial. the president said back last fall that al-qaeda was on hits heels or something, that's simply n